NC officer opens fire after man rams cruiser

Sheriff Van Duncan said his officers "acted appropriately" when Jacob Cody Plemmons rammed his truck into a patrol car, pinning two deputies inside

By Sabian Warren and Romando Dixson
Asheville Citizen-Times

CANTON, N.C. — The mother of a 17-year-old believes her hearing- impaired son could have been apprehended after a high-speed chase without being shot multiple times by a Buncombe County sheriff's deputy.